Thursday, December 04, 2003

United States Secretary of State Colin Powell has called on allies to consider a more prominent role for NATO in post-war Iraq, where the alliance currently provides only low-level and indirect support.

Sydney stockbroker Rene Rivkin has been excused from taking part in any further court action involving former Qantas director Trevor Kennedy, and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

Parts of southern France are under disaster regulations and a quarter of a million people were told not to drink tap water after floods that took at least five lives and forced widespread evacuations of homes and businesses.